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This song pacifies my masochistic urge to push little kids off play equipment whenever I stroll through the park.

Hellion's Trampoline
http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/thebeatles34.shtml

I like this one.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/hermanshermits59.shtml

Well, I guess I'll "jump" in here for September with "I Fell On Top Of A Turd" based on the Carpenter's song "Top of The World"

http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/thecarpenters21.shtml

This was my contribution to September (what a long month it was, now that I look back) :o...

http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/giancarlorossini0.shtml

Here is lyrics and MIDI
http://www.impresario.ch/sounds/rosbar1B.htm

Here's mine:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/philcollins27.shtml

Well, I´ll put this one up for further examination:  :D

Viagra And Nitro Don't Mix:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/traditional564.shtml

My entry is "No, I Ain't Off my Rocker" to the Moody Blues Veteran Cosmic Rocker

http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/moodyblues3.shtml

A sample of the song is included at the top of the parody.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000001F5Y/ref=pm_dp_ln_m_2/104-2084040-7763168?v=glance&s=music&vi=samples

Hmmm...I keep telling myself to stop playing...but...

http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/thebeatles839.shtml

Here is my entry..

http://www.amiright.com/parody/2000s/eminem183.shtml

btw I know the pacing isn't perfect .. I had listened to one of my daughter's CDs in an attempt to get into rap and then she took off with it and I wrote this from memory .... it was fun though..

http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/disney9.shtml



Rule change proposal:

~~A tie in any of the top three positions will be broken by a brief playoff round.  All participants will have the first week of the month to choose one favorite from among the tied entries.  Tiebreaker voting is strongly encouraged but not required.  On the eighth day the one with the most votes gets awarded one bonus point to break the tie.


If you have an opinion on this matter, vote yes or no either here or in the voting thread.  If it passes, it will go into effect this month if needed.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/disney9.shtml

Rule change proposal:

~~A tie in any of the top three positions will be broken by a brief playoff round.  All participants will have the first week of the month to choose one favorite from among the tied entries.  Tiebreaker voting is strongly encouraged but not required.  On the eighth day the one with the most votes gets awarded one bonus point to break the tie.


If you have an opinion on this matter, vote yes or no either here or in the voting thread.  If it passes, it will go into effect this month if needed.


Wouldn´t it be enough to just say that the one who had the most votes for first place (3 points) would be the winner over the one with less votes for first place? And if that can´t tell them apart, the most votes for second place. I realise that theoreticallly there can be songs with the same number of votes for both 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, but for those (maybe one tie out of twenty) it could be okay to tie?

These would sorta resemble the way competitors are told apart in, lets say the high jump and the paul vault at the olympics, the one to clear a hight on first jump is counted as the winner above the one doing it on second jump. What´s good enough for the olympics could be good enough for us.

This is just an idea so far, but if anyone supports it I´ll put it up as an alternative rule change.

Or another, possibly more fun way to settle ties, would be to go with the way to tell ties in the long jump or triple jump apart. If the best jumps are tied, look at the second best, meaning here that two writers having a tie in the comp must put up their second best entries of the month for public voting. (And if one of them doesn´t have a second entry, too bad).

Wouldn´t it be enough to just say that the one who had the most votes for first place (3 points) would be the winner over the one with less votes for first place? And if that can´t tell them apart, the most votes for second place. I realise that theoreticallly there can be songs with the same number of votes for both 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, but for those (maybe one tie out of twenty) it could be okay to tie?

These would sorta resemble the way competitors are told apart in, lets say the high jump and the paul vault at the olympics, the one to clear a hight on first jump is counted as the winner above the one doing it on second jump. What´s good enough for the olympics could be good enough for us.

This is just an idea so far, but if anyone supports it I´ll put it up as an alternative rule change.

I like that idea because it's quick and doesn't require any additional work.  Let's call it Plan A.  We'll call the tiebreaker round idea Plan B.  And Plan C is to use Plan A first, then resort to Plan B only if necessary.  I vote for Plan C -- which, to clarify, would look something like this:

~~In the event of a tie, the parody with the most first place votes wins.  If it's still tied, the parody with the most second place votes wins.  If it's still tied, a brief playoff round will be held.  All participants will have the first week of the month to choose one favorite from among the tied entries.  Tiebreaker voting is strongly encouraged but not required.  On the eighth day the one with the most votes wins.

Aiming
http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/pureprarieleague0.shtml
to
Amie by Pure Prarie League 
http://www.wac77.com/features_pages/music_clips/ppl_amie.mp3


Modifying to add:
I vote for plan C. 

My entry for the September SOTM contest is:

”Comma Semicolon”

….a parody of “Karma Chameleon” by Culture Club.

DKTOS?  You can listen to a free MP3 of "Karma Chameleon" here:

"Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club

I like that idea because it's quick and doesn't require any additional work.  Let's call it Plan A.  We'll call the tiebreaker round idea Plan B.  And Plan C is to use Plan A first, then resort to Plan B only if necessary.  I vote for Plan C -- which, to clarify, would look something like this:

~~In the event of a tie, the parody with the most first place votes wins.  If it's still tied, the parody with the most second place votes wins.  If it's still tied, a brief playoff round will be held.  All participants will have the first week of the month to choose one favorite from among the tied entries.  Tiebreaker voting is strongly encouraged but not required.  On the eighth day the one with the most votes wins.

Claude - I like the "Most 1st place votes" tie-breaking mechanism -  crisp, clean and easy to figure out.  My 2nd choice would be "Trial By Fire",  I understand it worked very well in olden times...complaints were probably very rare, contestants, however, probably were more likely to end up well-done...

September was quite a good month for me: there's a few that I really like. But I'm going for this one, for topicality as much as anything:

Read My Lips

"Georgy Girl" Based on the performance by The Seekers
"Hey There's Georgie's Girls"

http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/theseekers3.shtml

Time sensitive political piece on the Bush twins speaking at the RNC.

Uh, I did one, I think, for this month...  ???

"All the Insight" - Parody on Linkin Park's "From the Inside"

http://www.amiright.com/parody/2000s/linkinpark194.shtml

Or, we could try Plan D; which combines the basic elements of Plan B with the initial outline of Plan A, culling out the confusing intricacies of Plan C via the Bovanovsky Method, which synthesises all underlying voting techniques with the butterfly effect.

*crickets chirp off in the distance*

...Ahem, I vote for Plan C.

which synthesises all underlying voting techniques with the butterfly effect.

No!!! Whatever you do, don't disturb that butterfly: I don't think Florida could stand it...

I like that idea because it's quick and doesn't require any additional work.  Let's call it Plan A.  We'll call the tiebreaker round idea Plan B.  And Plan C is to use Plan A first, then resort to Plan B only if necessary.  I vote for Plan C -- which, to clarify, would look something like this:

~~In the event of a tie, the parody with the most first place votes wins.  If it's still tied, the parody with the most second place votes wins.  If it's still tied, a brief playoff round will be held.  All participants will have the first week of the month to choose one favorite from among the tied entries.  Tiebreaker voting is strongly encouraged but not required.  On the eighth day the one with the most votes wins.

I agree with this.

Merry & Pippin's entry is :

MacEden Park

Based on Richard Harris' "Macarthur Park"

http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/richardharris7.shtml

A cut-down (64 bitrate) MP3 of the original is available for evaluation purposes :

http://merryandpippin.com/mp3files.htm

Just bumping this up to remind everyone that voting starts tomorrow (I'll probably get the voting thread up around noonish) so there's still plenty of time to enter if you haven't yet.  Also, I'm starting to worry that Spaff is thinking about sitting this one out to give others a chance (which would suck if you ask me) so it may be a good month to enter.

I'm starting to worry that Spaff is thinking about sitting this one out


Another nice try, C4P, but I won't give up this contest until they pry it from my cold, dead fingers. Especially after Johnny D's brilliant marketing pitch:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/billyjoel13.shtml

xoxox
Spaff

I won't give up this contest until they pry it from my cold, dead fingers.


Thanks; I was worried I was gonna have to start construction on the WORLD'S LARGEST ASTERISK.  Now, the question is:  where's Dee?  C'mon, you know you wanna...

Entries closed; voting thread is up.